does anyone know what God's definition of marriage before. i have heard the obvious a wedding etc... but i have also heard in the bible that if you have sex with someone you are married to them spiritually. what do you think.
2007-03-15 17:03:48 · 18 answers · asked by shelly m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i know some will say the Bible says sex out of marriage is wrong. but what if that is just another way to put dont cheat on your husband or wife. if sex is marriage then sex out of marriage would be that.
and im not saying that im getting married because i had sex im saying that if someone loves someone and theyre the only person they will ever love until they die, then by making the decision to have sex are they are married in God's eyes?
2007-03-15 17:48:39 · update #1
I agree
God and Jesus says a man should take a wife and be one with her and forsake all others.
You take a woman, you are married.
2007-03-15 17:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a union of a man and woman. I don't know of any place in the Bible that states that if you have sex with someone, you are spiritually married to them. The Bible states that sex outside of marriage is a sin, so "spiritual marriage" wouldn't happen.
2007-03-16 00:26:43 · answer #2 · answered by Debbie R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were a god, and he/she/it cared about your intimate personal relationships such as marriage, then why would God fail to make it clear what the plan is? If you have to ask, then God hasn't done much of a job.
And please don't bring in what anybody thinks the Bible says. Humankind - including Christianity - got along pretty well without the Bible until the Council of Nicaea defined it for Christians. The church, not the Bible, is the appointed custodian of Christian doctrine.
2007-03-16 00:12:53 · answer #3 · answered by fra59e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think deeper. '...and the two shall become one flesh...' Why in the Gospel of John does Christ's first miracle happen at a wedding feast? Why at the end of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, does it read, '...and the Spirit and the Bride say come...'
Yes, there is a much deeper meaning to 'marriage' than having sex.
Have you ever heard of that place where idea is wedded to matter? The place where
spirit becomes flesh?
2007-03-16 00:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it says if u have sex with someone that God considers u both one body and one soul because u have both been joined in a way that is considered for marriage and for those people who are married. Because it said a man will leave his father and his mother and become one with his wife
I Corithians 6:16
2007-03-16 00:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read Mark 10:6-9. If
you think sex is marriage. Look at what God says at verse 9.
2007-03-16 00:10:54 · answer #6 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave, Cleave, Receive! For ths reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh.. Gen 2:24 First the Bible commands us to leave the family we were born into and devote ourselves entirely to our new family unit. The wife is now first to her husband and the husband is first to his wife. You are the other part of your spouse. You are no longer two, but one in body and spirit. Second, the Bible commands us to cleave to our spouse--stick like glue. What God has joined together, let no man separate.--Mark 10:9 Whatever trials you face as a couple, face them together-inseparable. Third, the Bible commands us to receive or accept our spouses as God's perfect provision. Accept with out conditions, regardless, in spite of. Receive one another as Christ also received us to the glory of God.--Romans 15:7. Don't make plans to change your spouse. God gave you this precious man or woman with all of their hurts and hang ups to love just as they are. It doesn't mean he/she won't change, but it will only happen as a result of your unconditional love. As far as the second part of your question, God created a spouse especially for you. He has always known who this person would be. While it is true that God will make something good come from all things for the benefit of those who love him, God wants you to marry the person He intended for you. He doesn't want you to marry someone because you had sex with them and now you think you have to. Ask for forgiveness and let God lead you forward. Also, God expects us to respect the laws we live by. By law you are not married until you're married.
2007-03-16 00:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you become married to someone in the sight of God, the two of you become one flesh in every way, body mind and soul. You are also married to Christ if you are Christians in the spiritual sense.
2007-03-16 00:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by Denise M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bilbe, God obviously has no problem with one man having multiple wives, or women giving birth out of wedlock, so whatever it is, God's definition of marriage in no way matches today's Christian definition of marriage.
2007-03-16 00:13:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam & Eve were not "married" on a legal piece of paper---they were "married" in God's Eyes. I also agree with ZERO COO... It is a man's job to protect woman in order to be fruitful and multiply.
2007-03-16 00:11:33 · answer #10 · answered by unknownsoldier1st 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well God didn't write the bible. No one knows who did, so it is up to man to define marriage.
2007-03-16 00:35:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋